Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. My Aunt Joyce is always so gracious and has the whole family over for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Yes, she's crazy! It seems as if the older the twins get, the smoother the holidays go. It's nice to get the girls their dinners and be able to sit down and eat mine at the same time. You wouldn't believe how much Alli ate yesterday. I think she ate half the ham! It was little Angel's first Thanksgiving and she handled it like a trooper. Angel, you sure do know how to spit up girl!! She covered the floor, the hutch, and my moms shoes. It was hilarious!! It is now official that the Christmas season is upon us. There are sales galore, Christmas movies on t.v. and people's houses are all lit up. This is when the fun really begins. The girls love to ride around when it's dark so they can look at everything. I love that I have Santa's phone number, seems to make life a bit easier!!

Seeing Double?

I belong to a great Mother's of Multiple's group that I love. We have lots of outings with the kids and some fun times with just the moms. This year our group has a Christmas tree at Brookfield Zoo. Yesterday we got together to make ornaments and today we met up at the zoo to decorate the tree. I love the garland that we made. Each child had a gingerbread man and we put a picture in it. We then linked each child to their sibling and then to each other to make a long chain. I think it turned out really cute. It's always funny to catch people staring at us when we're out with the kids. People whisper, point and stare and some have to ask if all the kids are twins, or triplets. It was cold out today, but we still spent some time staring at the animals (I guess I know how they feel)! We saw elephants, lions, bears, monkeys and even a baby orangutan. I realized today that the zoo is even better in winter than in the summer. Since most of the animals are housed inside this time of year, you really get to see them up close. We were so close to the giraffes and elephants, I felt like we could almost touch them.

Thank Heaven for Little Girls.....and Moms

Well, we're not so little anymore but now is the time that we can really have fun with our moms. This past weekend, 5 not so little girls and their moms headed east to Valparasio, IN to spend the night at my mom's lake house. A good time was had by all. We ate, drank, played cards, Charades, Pictionary, Catch Phrase, and ate and drank some more. We did take a field trip down the road to Roadhouse, a local establishment. Usually there are no less than 2o motorcycles parked in the gravel lot, but not last night. We hung out and played some darts while we were there. We love hanging out with our moms and were so happy that our evening came together and was a success. We're already talking about our next get together. Mom, thanks for having us all out. I love you !!

Houston, we have a ...guest author!

L is so exited about this that she wanted to write her own entry. Enjoy!

Today was so much fun. I went to the Adler Planetarium! I did a bunch of diffrent things. I saw a space movie and saw how people found out what space was, where it was, and how it formed. I also saw a little place where this man's house had a crater go threw his roof and floor. Right next to the story was the crater that hit his house !! Look at the picture of the crater. When we left, I was sad but I was happy that I learned about our solor system. The last thing that I want to tell you is that I got alot of cool pictures. I got a picture of the earth , the Milky Way and much more. Thats what I did at the Adler Planetarium.

Am I sure about this?

Since I have been a regular reader of 4 of my cousins' blogs, (and a ton of people's who I don't even know)I thought it was time I started my own. What a great way to keep in touch with many friends and family members who live out of town! But..... is this something that I can keep up with? This blog will show how my normal, middle class, midwestern family operates. I would like to think that we are a normal family. We have three beautiful girls. A singleton born in 1999 and a set of twin girls who were born in 2004. O.K. so I guess we aren't exactly an average family but it's all we know! So, ready or not here I go. Since most of this blog will revolve around the girls I guess it is appropriate to start with a picture of them.